Items, instruments, crosswalks, and PROMIS

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1093-1095

  Fries, James F ^a   Krishnan, Eswar ^a   Bruce, Bonnie ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

EDITORIAL; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHORT FORM 36;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67149121208     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090320     Document Type: Editorial

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